Ilag

Ilag is an abbreviation of the German word Internierungslager. They were internment camps established by the German Army in World War II to hold Allied civilians, caught in areas that were occupied by the German Army. They included United States citizens caught in Europe by surprise when war was declared in December 1941 and citizens of the British Commonwealth caught in areas engulfed by the Blitzkrieg. They also included British citizens resident in the Channel Islands. In September 1942 Adolf Hitler ordered the German commander in Jersey to deport to camps in Germany all British citizens, not born in the islands. This was in retaliation for the internment by the British Army of Germans living in Iran. In total over 2,000 men, women and children were deported. Less